Country music. People generally hate it or love it. I think there are very few people who are ambivalent about it. Well, I guess there are the pop-country lovers. You know, the people who only like artists like Taylor Swift and Rascal Flatts.
How did I become a country fan? Somebody could write a pretty good country song out of the story actually.
My senior year of high school I had the biggest crush on this boy that sat in one of my classes. I mean, he would read the bible in class while everyone else was chattering about silly high school issues. My heart melted.
In an effort to have more in common with said boy, I began to listen to country music. (His myspace page indicated he was a fan...I guess I've been a social network stalker from an early age.)
I would listen to country music, until it got to the point that I began to recognize certain artists.
With time, my obsession with this boy faded away. But my obsession for country music did not fade. If anything, it has grown stronger. The boy couldn't keep my heart, but the music did.
Why is country music so appealing?
It is America's music. I love the United States, so it seems natural for me to adore music that identifies this country's origins.
Country music is real. It tells people's stories. It celebrates life and the little things about life that we sometimes take for granted. It isn't pretentious. It's hard to be pretentious with banjos in the background. It's honest.
Usually, country music is pretty clean, at least in comparison to other genres. It also often has religious themes.
You can sing along to it. I love anything you can sing to.
The lyrics can be hilarious.
Sometimes you hear a song on the radio that sounds like some old man, back-woods hillbilly is singing it, only to discover that it is actually someone quite attractive.
The break up songs are some of the best.
What would this ode to country music be without a playlist?
Darius Rucker
Phil Vassar
Sara Evans
There's too many good choices.
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